There was a small exhibit at the National Museum of American History a few
years ago about the history of clothes pins. Wish I remembered more details,
but I seem to recall they date to the mid-19th century, because I was doing
early 19th century laundry at the time and they would not have b
Many of the pegs bought in the 19th and 20th century were made by Roma
gypsies. It's an interesting subject but Romany history is almost non
existant in it purest (written text) form. Lot's to think about no easy
answers.
Oh don't forget peg dolls - I used to make them as a kid
On 02/12/05,
On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:35:31 -0700 "Sue Clemenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Hi, everyone. I am looking for information on the historical
> development
> of clothes pins--the kind you use to hang up wet laundry with. I'm
> guessing
> that the spring-type ones are pretty modern, but what abo
contrakt? A lot of laundry is seen hanging in
this film. (17th century)
Bjarne
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Subject: [h-cost] Clothes pins??
"Two-legged" clothes pegs (as I would call them) are shown in Beatrix Potter's
"Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" (around 1900?)
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
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Hi, everyone. I am looking for information on the historical development
of clothes pin
If you do a Google search on clothespins and Shakers you will see that
the clothespin is frequently attributed to Shaker innovation. The Shakers
were responsible for a number of things that we consider commonplace
today such as flat brooms, an early version of the circular saw, and
paper seed packe
Hi, everyone. I am looking for information on the historical development
of clothes pins--the kind you use to hang up wet laundry with. I'm guessing
that the spring-type ones are pretty modern, but what about the simpler ones
that have a body and two "legs?" When were they developed? Off the top
